Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Creating dissension or discord.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Forming or expressing division or distribution.
- Creating division or discord: as, divisive courses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Indicating division or distribution.
- adjective Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a quality that divides or separates
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
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Examples
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LEMON: Obama says he rejects what he calls divisive and distorted remarks by his former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
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Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who is a co-chairman of the Obama campaign, issued a statement saying, "I'm deeply outraged and disappointed in the reckless statements," which he calls divisive and demeaning, and says, "They contradict his inspiring and courageous career."
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And Senator Obama blasting his former pastor for making what he called divisive and destructive remarks about race and politics.
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Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who is a co-chairman of the Obama campaign, issued a statement saying, "I'm deeply outraged and disappointed in the reckless statements," which he calls divisive and demeaning, and says, "They contradict his inspiring and courageous career."
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Two Cosatu leaders on Tuesday sharply condemned what they described as divisive internal squabbles in the African National Congress.
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The Carr campaign news release, which noted the Roosevelt altercation as well as three other incidents - a mix of statements and actions that Carr deemed that were described as "divisive" - concluded that Martin's style is "completely out of line for someone running for our district's school board."
The Seattle Times 2011
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Pelosi also faulted Republicans for pushing what she called a divisive agenda that will compromise the economic security of the middle class.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Most of those who commented blasted Cherry for what they called a divisive rant.
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Most of those who commented blasted Mr. Cherry for what they called a divisive rant.
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Most of those who commented blasted Cherry for what they called a divisive rant.
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